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becca5741's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
yilliun's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
At the end, one of the characters likened the book to Giovanni’s Room, and that is such an accurate description of the book. You do get this sense of claustrophobia by the end of part one, but instead of relief in part two, it becomes worse. The ending messed with my head a little bit and had me question how much of this book was fiction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism and Racism
claralivesinbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The structure of this book is what caught my attention the most. The story is raw, powerful and quite hard to read at some points. I'm interested to read more of this author's books.
dameagles's review against another edition
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
oh_rachel's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This was such a beautifully crafted novel. I read it in one sitting and was just in awe the entire time. Noor Naga weaves the story of two people from two incredibly different places in life and talks about what it means to belong to a country and to another person.
This book was so difficult to read but it was also just so stunning.
This book was so difficult to read but it was also just so stunning.
kat_the_nat's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
the_modernreader's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
bessiehead's review against another edition
4.0
the ppl who think this book is bad bc the boy from shobrakheit was an abusive misogynist were reading this half asleep, like yes that’s kind of the point, he’s not supposed to be a good person, get out of ur eurocentric lens it talks so much at length about the author’s struggle to reconcile between these two clashing cultures, ur literally the annoying ppl in the writing workshop at the end. Also the split narrative isn’t that hard to follow